CHARITY staff have completed almost 7,000 miles in 10 weeks during a walking challenge.

Staff at The Robertson Trust have helped to stay active in lockdown with the 'Step Count Challenge' from Paths For All.

They successfully trekked a combined length of 6,796 miles.

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Gurdeep Kaur, funding officer at the charity, said: “It has been a fun way to get our steps in, which we were missing during our commutes to work, our lunchtime walks round to the shop or a walking meeting.

“Whilst it has helped our staff physically, it has also increased their mental and social wellbeing, with colleagues organising virtual walks, in turn giving individuals some sort of personal interaction that we miss whilst working from home.   

“We made sure to mix the teams up so colleagues were interacting with new people, and friendships have blossomed as a result. It has been really positive to see people ‘virtually’ rally round their colleagues to make sure everyone was getting their steps – a little bit of healthy competition definitely set in.

“The challenge was near enough the first topic of conversation in every meeting, even those who were not completing the challenge were keen to get involved and hear how we were getting on.”